In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Stock Market US Economy
23 Apr 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. Click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
In: Finance Global Economy Reference Source: Ritholtz Stock Market
15 Apr 2010Barry Ritholtz has pulled together a great collection of charts mapping out how we tend to view economic cycles. Check out his post for an interesting related discussion.
In: Stock Market
9 Apr 2010One of the best stock visualizations I’ve seen. Designer Hermann Zachiegner and Two-N INC have created a really nifty interactive visualization of near-real-time stats for global stock markets. Play with the filters and sorting buttons to bring up different heatmaps and bar charts; roll-over popups give details, logos, and recent news items. (via)
In: Bailout Employment Finance Source: NYT Stock Market US Economy
5 Apr 2010This time from the NYT, covering 200 CEOs. Related article.
A bit of data cherry picking, perhaps (announced job cuts?). Related article. (via Barry Ritholtz)
The average size of stock trades has been shrinking in the medium term.
note: if you have trouble seeing the FT grapic try a google search for the article name “Average trade size on top world stock exchanges” and click on the link there.
In: Bailout Finance Source: Economist Stock Market US Economy
25 Feb 2010In: Bailout Finance Politics Source: FT Stock Market US Economy
9 Feb 2010The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: USA Today Stock Market US Economy
29 Jan 2010The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.
In: Bailout Finance Interactive Source: WSJ Stock Market US Economy
17 Jan 2010A very nice treemap presentation — you can drill down by year and company level. Clicking on a company box will bring up their own comments on compensation policies. Well done WSJ!
The overlapping memberships of 15 Fortune 500 board members. (From 2008) The site allows construction of all kinds of people-maps (bands, funerals, etc).
An addictive collection of beautiful charts, graphs, maps, and interactive data visualization toys -- on topics from around the world.
Wall Street Grifters
In: Bailout Commentary Finance Stock Market US Economy
19 Feb 2010I don’t post many editorials, but I love Matt Taibbi’s gonzo journalism style and his insights about cracks in the financial system.